The Yankees' Republic: J'ACCUSE: THE MITCHELL BLACKLIST

The Yankees' Republic: J'ACCUSE: THE MITCHELL BLACKLIST (thanks to James for the tip) ***NB: from this excellent work, especially FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THE YANKEES ARE IN CONTROL OF THE YES NETWORK:

• ""We are probably at the darkest moment in baseball history, even worse, to me, than the 1919 Black Sox scandal." Bob Klapisch, "Yankees Hot Stove", YES Network
• "This is worse than the Black Sox scandal. This is worse than the Pete Rose betting scandal."-- Kevin Kernan, The New York Post
• "This makes April 15, 1947 [the day Jackie Robinson graced Ebbets Field] the greatest day in baseball history. George Mitchell's mass public shaming of cheats and frauds leaves December 13, 2007, running a close second." -- Ian O'Connor, The Bergen Record
• "These were the drugs that... ultimately damaged the games as anything that has happened to it since the Black Sox of 1919." --Mike Lupica, The Daily News

The tragic irony, or rather the ironic tragedy, is that any writer so obtuse, reckless, or hysterical as to conflate steroid use with throwing a World Series actually has a forum to purvey his canards in the first place. To miss the critical difference in the two transgressions, both in their underlying motive and the harm inflicted is to betray an intellectual shallowness, moral sophistry, and historical ignorance that alone should disqualify them as authorities fit to render judgment."

• Thanks to the Yankees Republic.

Tweet Stumbleupon StumbleUpon